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Originally Posted by crich70
The same can be said of any technology I think. There are those who will use it and those who won't. How big a niche market a given technology has depends on many things I would think. How easy it is to use, how good it looks, advertising of the technology, how useful it is in a given environment, etc. All the past advances in print technology were probably thought to be niche markets at one time or another. For example clay tablets were used first as a method of bookkeeping. i.e. how many jars of oil, barley, etc. were on hand, and who they belonged to.
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I don't disagree. I only disagree that "the best thing about ebooks" has been missed thus far. I could be wrong, of course. There may be millions just waiting to read/buy multi-media ebooks with an internet-connected browser. But the truth of the matter is: it's not that novel a concept. Someone would already be leveraging it for all it was worth if it were viable.
The future of multi-media ebooks is iOS/Android apps (with offline capabilities). Not browser-based, server-side php/asp that requires full-time connectivity. *shrug*
It sounds lke a fun hobby-project, though. So like I said; I wish them luck with it.